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Daily LIFT #1821
A Red Army health and sanitation worker distributes chocolate received from public organizations in Argentina as a gift for the 24th anniversary of the Red Army. The soldiers were part of a tank landing party on the western front in the USSR, February, 1942 -- Daily LIFT #1821

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Dec 13, 20251 min read


Towards a Political Economy of Asia
Skyline of Pudong, Shanghai, seen from Suzhou creek area -- Steffen Wurzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Shiran Illanperuma Is Asia possible? This provocation comes from a recent intervention by Tricontinental Asia, the latest in a series of conjunctural analyses on the Asian continent. There is increasing acknowledgement that the world economy’s centre of gravity is shifting to Asia. Home to 60 percent of the world’s population, the continent contributes to 70 per

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Dec 12, 20255 min read


Daily LIFT #1817
Red Army packer Maria Ivanova Petrova putting medical supplies and instruments into a parachute bag to be dropped from a plane for wounded guerrilla fighters and soldiers of Red Army units operating behind enemy lines during the Great Patriotic War, 1942 -- Daily LIFT #1817

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Dec 9, 20251 min read


Xi Jinping on the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War
Xi Jinping addresses the military parade and Chinese nation, September 3, 2025 -- image via video screenshot On September 3, 2025, Xi...

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Sep 5, 20255 min read


Wanping City and the Museum of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish While exploring Beijing, travelers may find it hard to envision the rich history,...

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Sep 3, 20253 min read


A Black Hole in Collective Memory: China and WW II
A scene from the 2015 Victory celebrations in Beijing for the 70th anniversary -- http://www.president.go.kr/ , KOGL Type 1, via...

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Aug 27, 20254 min read


Daily LIFT #1703
Two Soviet Red Army snipers in camouflage during one of the final offensive drives of the Great Patriotic War, March, 1945 -- Daily LIFT...

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Aug 10, 20251 min read


Daily LIFT #1702
Husband and wife team of a Soviet self-propelled gun during the Great Patriotic War, 1945 -- Daily LIFT #1702 Vera Orlova was the...

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Aug 9, 20251 min read


Fighting in the Skies of the USSR for the Liberation of France
Soviet and French pilots at the Kursk Bulge. where nazi troops suffered a crushing defeat. From the Soviet Press 1984: The...

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Aug 2, 20254 min read


Daily LIFT #1674
American soldiers swim across the Elbe to greet their Soviet allies. A still from the 1949 Soviet film "Meeting on the Elbe". -- Daily...

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Jul 8, 20251 min read


Long live the legacy of July 4!: New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
7th Vojvodina Brigade entering liberated Novi Sad, 1944 Statement of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (released in English on July...

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Jul 7, 20252 min read


Daily LIFT #1662
Soviet Pioneers at the tomb of the Unknown Sailor in the Crimea, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #1662 They are paying tribute to Soviet sailors...

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Jun 23, 20251 min read


The Son with Two Mothers: A Soviet Story
A woman in front of the flag of the Uzbek SSR -- Crop from a Soviet poster 1980 A remarkable true story from the Soviet press in 1983 of...

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May 25, 20252 min read


On International Matters: SACP
The South African Communist Party looks at Victory Day, Cuba and the Cuban Revolution, the Trump false refugee fiasco, threats to...

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May 22, 20257 min read


80 years after the victory over fascism: No to militarism and war! For peace and co-operation! - PCP
Soviet War Memorial in Berlin -- Drrcs15, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Statement of the Portuguese Communist Party released in...

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May 12, 20254 min read


Putin and Díaz-Canel meet in Moscow
Image via the PCC By Leticia Martínez Hernández, translated from the Spanish Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Cuban President...

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May 8, 20252 min read


Eighty Years On: Remembering the Defeat of Fascism – or Witnessing Its Return?
Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin -- JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska As we...

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May 8, 20255 min read


Cuba's President pays tribute to the defenders of Leningrad
Images via Revolution Studios Via the Communist Party of Cuba & Granma, translated from the Spanish St. Petersburg— First Secretary of...

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May 6, 20251 min read


Unity, Struggle, Socialism: The Communist response to fascism
The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) was invited to participate in the Second International Anti-Fascist Forum, titled held in...

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May 5, 20253 min read


Cuba marks Red Army's victory over fascism
Images via the PCC By Lissel Pino Ceballos, translated from the Spanish To mark the 80th anniversary of the Red Army's victory over...

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May 5, 20252 min read
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